Archive for Tools and Resources
Collaborate using Google Docs & Apps
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If you’re looking for a way for team members and your community partner to collaborate on plans, site content, and more – try using Google Docs. (http://docs.google.com) or the more robust and collaborative Google Apps (http://www.google.com/a).
Don’t worry about the “Premium” version of Google Apps… the Standard free edition should be just fine for almost any project.
Video on your Site
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YouTube, Vimeo, and Hulu. Are they just buzz words that have become part of our daily vocabulary or are they related to a better marketing opportunity? We’ve all hopped on the web video train in the past few years, but there are doubts about whether or not e-commerce sites been making the most of it. New studies and recent reports indicate that adding video to your site can boost conversions, increase customer trust levels, and differentiate your e-commerce site from the competition. Read More→
Editing Images
Posted by: | CommentsPart of good web design is having the resources to effectively edit images.
The industry standard is Adobe Photoshop, however it is a very expensive program. Nevertheless, Adobe provides a “Try It” download version. You can install and use it without limitation for 30 days. The same is true for Dreamweaver. You can get both at http://www.adobe.com/download.
A free open-source editor that is similar to Photoshop is GIMP: http://www.gimp.org